Dignitas

Dignitas
Dignitas
Team Information
Org Location	United Kingdom
Region	EU Europe
Head Coach	Kurtis "Biggy" Davidson
Sponsor(s)	WD SSD ; Alienware ; Bubba Burger ; Buffalo Wild Wings ; HyperX ; Mountain Dew ; Meta Threads
History
Created	2003-09-09 Organization; 2013-06-27 SMITE Division
Social Media & Links
Current Roster

A checked version of this page, approved on 17 December 2018, was based on this revision.

Overview

Tournament Results

Schedule

Dignitas (previous known as Team Dignitas), is an International e-Sports team headquartered in Great Britain. It was founded on September 9, 2003 as a fusion of the Battlefield 1942 clans Legion Condor and Sweden Kompanix. Later on, more teams were added to the organization, and in July 2004 Team Dignitas was registered as a company - Team Dignitas Ltd. In addition to their SMITE team, Team Dignitas also sponsors teams and players for League of Legends, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Heroes of the Storm, Playerunknown's Battleground and CS:GO Womean. Michael "ODEE" O'Dell is the current Managing Director of the Team Dignitas organization. For information about their League of Legends team, see their page on the LOL Esports Wiki.

History

Pre-Launch

From the acquisition of the North American team ROOT Gaming^[1] in June 2013 onwards, Team Dignitas was one of the most prominent teams in the competitive SMITE scene. Leading up to the SMITE Launch Tournament in March 2014, the team around popular team-captain Lassiz continued to battle COGnitive Gaming for the NA crown. At the SMITE Launch Tournament, Team Dignitas overcame its NA rivals and placed second behind Europeans Team SoloMid.

Season 1

In July 2014, Team Dignitas made the surprise announcement that the team's solo laner AnatoLiy would be replaced by SNIPE Gaming's jungler Shing.^[2] At the SMITE Pro League NA Kick-Off LAN in August, Team Dignitas, still playing with AnatoLiy due to a roster lock, defeated SNIPE Gaming only to fall to the surprise newcomer team COGnitive Red who had defeated their sister team COGnitive Prime before. Shortly before the SMITE Pro League, the team made another surprising roster change when iconic players Shadowq and TheBest decided to leave the team.^[3] Shadowq had decided he needed to be paid more and did not want his career to be defined by "glorified babysitting" (as he was always protecting Zapman in absurd situations), and TheBest had decided he wanted to focus on college. They were replaced by former COGnitive support DaretoCare and Gnaw respectively.

Despite a long winstreak, Team Dignitas finished the NA SPL in third-fourth place due to defeats in the first and last weeks. At the SPL NA Regionals event in November 2014, they defeated Fat Chunks Assemble but fell 0-3 to the eventual winners COGnitive Red, failing to qualify for the SMITE World Championship.

Season 2

Following the World Championship, Team Dignitas announced that the NA SMITE team decided to leave the organisation to form Team Eager.^[4] A few weeks prior to the SPL Season 2 qualification, Team Dignitas signed the European SMITE team Novus Orsa in February 2015.^[5]

The team finished the Spring Split in fifth place. It successfully averted relegation, defeating The Papis in the Summer Qualifiers. One week before the end of the Summer Season, YOUNGBAE stepped down, having enjoyed the team's environment less and less.^[6] Shortly thereafter, former Upcoming Stars hunter iRens joined the ranks.^[7] Deku also joined as a coach during the Fall Split.

After a heartbreaking loss in Game five to Paradigm in the EU Super Regionals, Deku decided to step down from his role of coach for Dignitas ^[8] In January 2016, Variety left the team with plans to join a then unannounced lineup in preparation for Season 3.^[9] Shortly after, Frezzyy also left the team, contemplating leaving the competitive SMITE scene altogether.^[10] Finally, Suntouch and TheDarkDodo joined Team Dignitas shortly before the start of Season 3.^[11]

2017 Season

Dignitas gained powerhouse team Variety's New Team shortly before the start of Season 4.

2018 Season

Timeline

2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013

January 19, Team Dignitas acquires a spot in 2018 EU SPL.^[12]
December 13, Dignitas announces they will return to the SPL for season 6. Arkkyl and Zyrhoes leave.^[13]

January 17, Suntouch retires.
January 31, Roster is released. Duck3y, FrostiaK, ShadowNightmare, BigManTingz, Zigox, and Barn leave. ^[14]
Febuary 8th, Variety's New Team roster acquired. Variety, QvoFred, Zyrhoes, Arkkyl, and Trixtank join. Biggy joins as coach.^[15]

January 15, Variety leaves.^[9]
February 2, Frezzyy leaves.^[10]
February 13, TheDarkDodo and Suntouch join.^[11]
June 14, TheDarkDodo and iRens leave.^[16]
July 20, Duck3y and BigManTingz join. Suntouch moves to hunter.^[17]
August 19, Zigox joins as substitute.^[18]

January 18, The NA team doesn't renew its contracts. They become Team Eager.^[4]
February 6, Team Dignitas signs the European team Novus Orsa. YOUNGBAE, ShadowNightmare, Variety, FrezzOO and FrostiaK join with Barn as a coach.^[5]
June 23, YOUNGBAE leaves.^[6]
June 30, iRens joins.^[7]
September 13, Deku joins as coach/analyst.
November 27, Deku leaves. ^[8]

July 23, AnatoLiy moves to coach. Shing joins as solo laner.^[2]
August 23, Shadowq and TheBest leave. DaretoCare and Gnaw join.^[3]
September 3, djpernicus joins.

June 27, Team Dignitas acquires roster of ROOT Gaming. Lassiz, AnatoLiy, Zapman, TheBest, and Shadowq join.^[1]

Player Roster

Active

ID	Name	Role
Variety	Harry Cumming	11 Solo Laner
QvoFred	Anders Korsbo	11 Jungler
Trixtank	Jeppe Gylling	05 Support

Temporary Subs

ID	Name	Role	Replacing	Tournament
WolfOfEloStreet	Ashley Creaghan	Support	Suntouch	Season 3 EU SPL Spring Season - Week 9
Barn	Daniel Barnard	Hunter	YOUNGBAE	Season 2 EU SPL Summer Season - Week 7
Barn	Daniel Barnard	Solo	Variety	Season 2 EU SPL Summer Season - Week 6
Chsuan		Jungle	FrostiaK	Season 2 EU SPL Spring Qualifiers - Week 2

Former

ID	Name	Role	Next Team
Zyrhoes	Joakim Verngren	Mid Laner	None
Arkkyl	Kenny Kuska	Hunter	None
Duck3y	James Heseltine	Solo Laner	Novus Orsa
FrostiaK	Arkadiusz Krupka	Jungler	Novus Orsa
ShadowNightmare	Lewis Farrell	Mid Laner	Novus Orsa
BigManTingz	Jordan Theaker	Support	Valance Squad
Zigox	Markus Schreiner	Substitute	None
Suntouch	Peter Logan	Hunter	Retired
iRens	Rens Oostenbach	Hunter	None
TheDarkDodo	Daniele Minnielli	Solo Laner	Team Leftovers
Frezzyy	Oskar Lasota	Support	Hungry For More
Variety	Harry Cumming	Solo Laner	Hungry For More
YOUNGBAE	Aiman Azmir	Hunter	Epsilon eSports
Lassiz	Drew Boyd	Jungler	Team Eager
Zapman	Steven Zapas	Hunter	Team Eager
Gnaw	Darrell Elston	Mid Laner	Team Eager
DaretoCare	Brendan Daniels	Support	Team Eager
AnatoLiy	Anatoliy Alekseyenok	Solo Laner	Team Eager
djpernicus	Cody Tyson	Substitute	Legion of Carrots
ADUR0	Elijah Ashton	Substitute	Legion of Carrots
Shing	Alex Rosa	Solo Laner	Five Angry Men
TheBest	Jeremy Dailey	Mid Laner	Five Angry Men
Shadowq	Erich Grabowski	Support	Five Angry Men